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Ugadi festival marks the beginning of the new Hindu lunar year

Lata Dar — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:37:54 +0000

Ugadi is a prominent celebration around Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. This celebration marks the beginning of the new lunar Hindu calendar. While popularly called as Ugadi, this festival is also called Gudipadawa in Maharashtra.

Celebrate APRIL FOOLS’ DAY with every 1 around u [Tricks and SMS]

Payal — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:44:31 +0000

April Fools’ Day is also known as All Fool’s Day. Every year on April 1st, people celebrate this fools day by cracking jokes & playing pranks.

Holi brings in frolic and fun, more on Holi, sms, pictures!

Aditi Chatterjee — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:01:00 +0000

Holi is righteously called the festival of colors and along with colors come a lot of fun, frolic and zeal. Holi , the festival of colors is also known as Holika, named after the sister of Hriranyakashyapu, in Hindu mythology.

Maha Shivratri 2011: Jai Bam Bhole [SMS Wishes]

Kriti Pandey — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:22:02 +0000

Celebrated on Phagun Krishanapaksha Trayadishi/Chaturdashi as per the Hindu calendar the Maha Shivratri will be celebrated this year on March 02nd, 2011.The devotees observe fast(Upvaas) on this day.

Attukal Pongala celebrated with great zeal in Kerala

Aditi Chatterjee — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 06:29:32 +0000

Attukal Pongala is a festival which is celebrated with great zeal and vigour in Thiruvananthapuram, a southern region of Kerela.

Attukal Pongala is a highly devoted festival and all the rituals would be starting from the morning at 10.

Barawafat to be celebrated in Uttar Pradesh amidst tight security

Aditi Chatterjee — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:40:53 +0000

Barawafat, though a festival but can cause a volatile situation amongst the masses. So to keep a check on any sort of unwanted incident, the Uttar Pradesh government, to be on the safer side, has deployed security to various regions.

Great Groundwork for- Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi 2011 [SMS Wishes & Pics]

Komal Verma — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:08:36 +0000

One of the old cities of Lahore, Kashmiri bazaar, was under preparation for the celebration of their most important and lively festival Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi. Rushes were still there for eleventh hour decorations.

After the Valentine it’s the Slap day

Kriti Pandey — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:17:19 +0000

Come February and we have the Rose Day , Propose Day, chocolate day .Teddy day, Promise day, Kiss day ,Hug day, Valentine’s day and finally the Slap day.

Milad-un-nabi to be celebrated with great zeal and vigour!

Aditi Chatterjee — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:32:58 +0000

Citizens and all the people who follow Islam will be celebrating the festival of Eid-Milad-un –Nabi, this Wednesday.

The long age traditional procession will start off from Lahore Railway Station and would end at Data Darbar. The procession is expected to follow the route, of Australia Chowk, Anarkali, Bansawala Bazaar, Brandth Road, Circular Road, Railway Road, Gawalmandi, Shah Alam Chowk, Mayo Hospital and Data Darbar.

Valentines Day 2011: Love And Let Love

Kabir Bedi — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:29:08 +0000

Saint Valentines Day, Commonly celebrated as Valentines Day is an annual festival for depicting love and affection towards each other for those who share intimate relationship. Valentines Day is generally celebrated on fourteenth Feb of every year. It is celebrated in order to commemorate the lives of Christian martyrs, Saint Valentines etc. But so far it was not celebrated as a festival anywhere in the world. Valentines Day got popular in the time of Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD. But after that followers of Roman calendar deleted this day from Roman Calendar of Saints. Mainly Pope Paul VI was the one responsible behind this. Despite all this religious ceremony of this day is still allowed.